Dear Friends, Family and Colleagues:

For many, the month of April brings with it a mixture of feelings - relief in the passing of winter, but weather just volatile enough to make us remember that winter is still close at hand; bright sunny days contrasted by gloomy gray skies and seemingly endless rain. Below are the thoughts of greater minds on this topic:

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"You start in April and cross to the time of May
One has you as it leaves, one as it comes
Since the edges of these months are yours and defer
To you, either of them suits your praises.
The Circus continues and the theatre's lauded palm,
Let this song, too, join the Circus spectacle."
-  Ovid, Fasti (V.185-190, CE)

"The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year."

-  Mark Twain

"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade." 

- Charles Dickens from Great Expectations

You know how it is with an April day.
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You're one month on in the middle of May.
But if you so much as dare to speak,
a cloud come over the sunlit arch,
And wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you're two months back in the middle of March."
-  Robert Frost, Two Tramps in Mud Time, 1926 
  

"April hath put a spirit of youth in everything."
-  William Shakespeare 
 

"I stuck my head out the window this morning and spring kissed me bang in the face. "
-  Langston Hughes

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In this month's newsletter, we focus on health care.  Our first article provides information about the different options for Advance Health Care documents in Indiana. April has been designated as Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month, so we offer an article that provides more information about this serious illness.  We also offer information about Continuing Care Retirement Communities and issues to watch for if you are considering one of these living arrangements as an option. We offer tips on making sure that your Power of Attorney and your Health Care Power of Attorney work well together, and give you the most recent statistics on the increasing costs of long-term care.

And last, but not least, as has become standard in our newsletter since the road construction outside our windows began, an update on the progress of US-31 and what you can expect when trying to get to our office. Please be aware that the bulk of the project has shifted south, so expect higher traffic in the area between 126th street and 96th street, and be sure to allow extra time for unexpected delays.

Please look for our booth at the Alzheimer's Association Educational Conference on May 1, 2015 in Indianapolis!